Symptoms of Wilson's Syndrome

If you have a body temperature of less than 98.6 F. and some
of the following symptoms you probably have Wilson's Syndrome.
This condition involves a disorder where the cells of the body are
unable to convert the inactive thyroid hormone, T4, into the more
active hormone, T3. Wilson's Syndrome itself does not alter the
thyroid hormone tests. It may exist in association with true
hypothyroidism, however. In these cases, thyroid tests may be
abnormal but the usually prescribed thyroid hormones may not
entirely solve the problem.

If you suspect that you have Wilson's Syndrome, take your
temperature with an accurate glass/mercury thermometer orally 3
hours after getting up and every 3 hours times 3 for a couple of
days. If your temperature averages a few 10ths of a degree below
98.6F., and you have several of the above symptoms, you have
Wilson's Syndrome.

This list of symptoms was taken from the Table of Contents of
E. Denis Wilson, M.D. Wilson's Syndrome: The Miracle of Feeling
Well, Cornerstone Publishing Company, Orlando, FL. Third Edition,
1996.